Students from different settings have different attitudes toward English!
These few years I have had experiences teaching students from different settings, universities and school of continuing education. Some students are studying at a prestigious university. Some are studying at a low ranking university. The others are adults who take English classes just to improve their English abilities or personal satisfaction. I have to say that I actually learned a lot from teaching these students. For example, high level students who are currently at a so called "good university", the majority of them has good English abilities and their attitudes toward English are positive. They have the habits to read English and they are more responsible for their own studying. A lot of them are from a family where their parents pay attention to their education and will be willing to provide them a good learning environment. Therefore, students' general English abilities are higher. On the contrary, lower level students who are from low ranking universities do ha...